Collapsible and foldable candy basket



K. SA'YO.

COLLAPSIBLE AN'D FOLDABLE CANDY BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1921.

Patented Apr.

F/E.5 I

INVENTOR A. 5A a A TTORNEYS is E COLLAPSIBLE AND FOLIDABLE CANDY BASKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 18, 19.22,

Application filed July 5, 1921. Seria1 No. 482,309.

'1 '0 all a ham wmy concern Be it knownthat l, Ko rano Sa'ro, a sub jectf the Emperor of Japan, residing at 1.820 Post Street, in the city andcounty of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new andusefulImprovements in Collapsible and Foldable Candy Baskets, ofwhiclr'the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in foldable andcollapsible baskets for candy and the like and resides in the .provisionof an inexpensive novel and useful basket form which may be made ofpaper, cardboard, wood or other like material and constructed so that itmay be formed into various basket shapes of differing ornamentalappearances, the form when not in use being capable of being foldedflatand, stored or packed in small compass.

An object of thefinvention is to provide a novel basket form of onepiece of bendable or foldable material which may be bent or folded intovarious basket shapes, there being a novel leg and handle supportingmember which cooperate with a special form of basket bottom formed as apart of the one piece, which member will brace the struc-" t-ure,provide for holding the handle in place and at the same time providesupporting legs for the basket.

The invention possesses other advantages and features some of which,with the foregoing will be set forth at length in the followingdescription where I shall outline in full that form of the inventionwhich I have selected for illustration in the'drawings accompanying andforming a part of the present specification. In said drawings I haveshown one form of the construction of my invention, but it is to beunderstood that I do not limit myself to such form since the inventionas expressed in the claims may be embodied in a plurality of forms.

Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan view of the invention showing it unfolded.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing the basket folded.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the basket.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the leg and Referring to the drawings,basket form which is preferably made of cardboard or other stillpaperbut may be 1 designates a formed of light, thin wood or mctal asdesired. This form is preferably of circular shape and comprises alatticed or foraminated annular portion 2 joined to a center or bottompiece 3, which latter is of solid rather than latticed or foraminatedform and preferably thicker ban the portion 2. Around the outer edge ofthe portion 2 is a border 4 of fancy paper. Extending through openings 5in the portions 2 is a flexible handle element 6, which extends underthe bottom or center piece 3 and is crossed where thus. extended, saidmember (5 terminating under two loops disposed on opposite sides of theportion 2. The center piece 3, as shown, is of a circular form andrelatively stiff. To provide for bending the portion 2 so as to act asthe sides of the basket, the bottom or center piece where joined to theportion 2 is scored, perforated orformed with lines of weakness, as at 7and 8. One series of the scored lines, the one '7 for example, may be ina pentagonal form, whereas the other series 8 may be in circular form.Any other shap'es or forms of the perforations may beprovided. Ifdesired the portion 2 may be bent upwardly along the scored orperforated sides 7 and the sides will then assume the form shown in Fig.2. When the basket is thus bent the sides are folded so as t overlap atspaced points and are held together: by pins or clips as shown at 9, soas to maintain the sides in basket form. If portion 2 is bent upwardlyaround the circular form of perforations, the basket will be given a.circular shape.

An oiled paper lining 9 as shown in Fig. 3, may be placed upon the form1 so as to serve as a lining for the basket. The oiled paper lining iscut radially from the outer edge so as to allow for the ready folding ofthe cut portions and the conformation of the lining to the form of thebasket.

To provide legs for the basket and means for supporting a handle andalso to reinforce the structure, a circular cardboard disc 10 formed ofpaper or other stifi" material is used. Extending radially from theperiphery of the disc is a plurality of bend- V serted through openings12 formed in the center piece 3. In forming the openings 12, tongues 13are provided on'the center piece 2 Cri and these tongues are adapted toengage the outer faces of the legs 11 so that the ends of the tonguesand legs terminate flush With one another.

The length oi the legs such that the disc 10 Will be disposed above andin spaced parallel relation. to the bottom piece 3, shown in Fig. 3.Formed through the disc 10 and piece 3 at the center of said piece anddisc are annular registering openings 1.4 and 15 which are adapted toreceive a straight upstanding handle 16. The lower end of the handleterminates in the same plane as the lower ends of the legs 11. andtongues 13 and at a point spaced from the-said lower end a pinv 17 isinserted "through, the handle to hold the same against being Withdrawn.At the upper end of the handle, a ring or eye 18 is mounted to providefor the hanging of the basket. It will thus be seen that either thehandle 16 or the flexible handle 6 may be used.

The entire structure may be readily disassembled and folded flat so thatit may be packed or stored in small compass.

I claim:

1. A foldable, collapsible basket comprising a relatively stifi centerpiece, a flexible and bent able portion surrounding and being supportedby the center piece, said latter portion being capable of being bentupwardly into diflerent shapes so as to provide sides for the basket anda plurality of lines of Weakness formed Where the bendable portion joinsthe center piece, said lines beoi? dilii'erent form to provide forbending the flexible portion into diflerent shapes, a disc, legs on thedisc, said center piece having openings therein through which the legsex tend.

3. A. 'toldable, collapsible basket comprising a relatively stitl'center piece, a flexible and bendable portion surrounding and beino'supported by the center piece, said latter portion being capable ofbeing bent upwardly into different shapes so as to provide sides for thebasket and a plurality of lines of Weakness 'lormed- Where the bend ableportion joins the center piece, said lines being of different form toprovide for bending the flexible portion into different shapes, a disc,legs on the disc, said center piece having openings therein throughWhich the legs extend, said. disc piece being spaced above the centerpiece and having registering openinns and a handle inserted through saidopenings.

KOTARO SAYO.

